Flood Warnings, Evacuations Alerts Due to Snowmelt Span Southeastern B.C.
Warmer weather and incoming rain have raised river levels and increased the risk to safety, officials said.
- On Saturday, May 30, the British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship upgraded the North Thompson to flood watch and elevated the Kootenay and Lardeau rivers to flood warning status.
- The River Forecast Centre warns that warm weather accelerated snowmelt over the past week, while severe weather bringing moderate to heavy rainfall is expected through early Tuesday.
- Approximately 150 properties along the Lardeau and Duncan rivers in the Central Kootenay area are under evacuation alert as of Friday evening, with six additional properties in Golden since Friday afternoon.
- A landslide closed a section of Highway 1 between Revelstoke and Golden on Thursday, May 28, prompting officials to advise residents to stay away from river banks and never drive through floodwaters.
- High streamflow advisories remain in effect for the Upper Fraser and Boundary regions, with flows on the Blaeberry, Spillimacheen, Lardeau, and Kootenay rivers having already exceeded 10-year return period flows.
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